The International Biometrics & Identification Association (IBIA) promotes using technology effectively and appropriately to determine personal identity and enhance the security, privacy, productivity, and convenience for individuals, organizations, and governments worldwide. With biometric and other identification technologies as the core focus, the IBIA brings key stakeholders together in a dialogue center for discussion, education, advocacy, and public policy. For more information, please go to http://www.ibia.org/.

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The BioAPI Consortium is a group of over 120 organizations that have a common interest in promoting the growth of the biometrics market through standardization. The Consortium has developed a specification for a standardized Application Programming Interface (API) that is compatible with a wide range of biometric applications programs and a broad spectrum of biometrics technologies. The BioAPI Specification was approved as an ANSI standard in 2002 and an ISO standard in 2006. The organization now focuses on promoting its adoption and disseminating information and resources. For more information, go to http://www.bioapi.org/.

VB/Research is a leading global source of research and deal intelligence on venture capital and private equity funds and their investments, M&A and the public capital markets in the Global Security and Defense sector.
 
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